Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3444, Joseph Farnum, N H

SERVICE
NUMBER
N H
Farnum, Joseph or Farnham, or Farnam,
R. 3444 B.L.H. 36657-160-55-
CONTENTS
Edith

109 0574 { Act Mar. 3/55 May 1st/55
let. to N. Bruce, Dec. 29/55,
Edith Harrison, wife of Joseph Harrison Priv
Capt. Shipman's Company also Lieutenant in
Capt. Barron's Col. Nichols' Regt.
also a Lieutenant in Capt. Bradford's Company Col. Nichols Revolutionary War.
Refuses to application for pension
n. H. June July 55
Lieutenant Private Capt. Bradford N. H. Troops.
Ad. 160 acs Aug 5/56 H. D. D.
Nathaniel Bruce Mount Vernon N. H.
Vol. F. 6. 8

Edith Garrison
109.0524

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
SS.
On this ninth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Edith Gannum, aged Eighty years, a resident of Mont Vernon in the aforesaid State of New Hampshire, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joseph Gannum, deceased, who was a private in Capt. Shephard's Company in the Continental Service, also as a Lieutenant in Capt. Ballard's Company in Col. Nichols Regt., also as a Lieutenant in Capt. John Bradfords Company in Col. Nichols Regiment in the Revolutionary war, That her said Husband enlisted first July 2 d 1776, and continued in actual service several months, and on the twenty ninth day of June 1777 he volunteered as Lieutenant to go to Ticonderoga and marched part way and had news of the evacuation of the place, and returned July 12 th 1777. His service was under Capt. Ballard; he again entered the service as Lieutenant in Capt. John Bradfords Company in Col. Nichols Regiment July 19, 1777 and continued until honorably discharged, which was September 27, 1777. at Brattleboro Vermont.
She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Gannum in Mont Vernon on the twenty ninth day of March A.D. 1820. by one Mr. Chase a Minister of Mont Vernon, and that

Her name before her marriage was Edith Smith, that her said husband died at Mont Vernon aforesaid on the tenth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, and that she is now a widow. For proof of her said husbands services and her marriage to the said Joseph Farnum, her identity, and her husbands death she refers to papers on file in the Pension Office, which she furnished to procure a pension.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855.
Edith Farnum
We Jesse Smith and Laurania Smith residents of Mont Vernon in the state of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Edith Farnum in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be Jesse Smith.
Laurania Smith
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible witnesses, or persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough ss.
I, Riley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Brann whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his commission is dated on the 25 th day of June A. D. 1850, and will expire in five years from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this 24 th day of April A. D. 1855.
Riley Dodge CLERK.

Edith Farnum Declaration
1877

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County ss.
On the fourth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared, before William C. Clarke, Judge of Probate Court, at Antrim, holden on the day aforesaid; Edith H Garrison a resident of Mount Vernon in the County of Hillsborough, aforesaid, aged eighty years, who being sworn ac- cording to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the second section of the act of Congress, passed on the third day of February A.D. 1853; That she is the widow of Joseph Garrison, who was a private and Lieutenant in the Revolu- tionary war during the years of Seventeen hundred and seventy six and seven; That she knows nothing about said service, only what she obtained from her said husband; That he stated that he served in the Northern Army as a private, six months in Capt. Shephard's Company in seventeen hundred and seventy six, and at or near the close of his service

in Capt. Shephards Company he was appointed second Lieutenant in the second Company in the Fifth Regiment of Militia in the State of New Hampshire, by Meshach Wears, President of the Council, December Twentieth was  the second seven hundred and seventy six, as appears from a commission which was left among his papers at his decease, and which he had often spoken about in his lifetime, That afterwards the said Farnum served a short term in seventeen hundred and seventy seven in Capt. Bullards Company in Col. Nichols Regiment, as Lieutenant; and that afterwards in the year last named he also served two or three months as second Lieutenant in Capt. John Bradfords Company in Col. Nichols Regiment.
That she was married to the said Joseph Farnum on the twenty ninth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty at Mont Vernon by Rev. Mr. Cheever a minister of the gospel. That her said husband, Joseph Farnum died on the tenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty four. She further swears that

That she has not again married, and continues his widow; That she has not applied for a pension previous to this; That her name prior to her marriage aforesaid was Edith Smith; That the reason why she has not applied before is, that she has been absent from the States; That she knows of no record of her marriage aforesaid. Edith Farnum
State of New Hampshire
Hillsboro ss. At a Court of Probate held at Amherst in said County on the 4th day of July A.D. 1854 personally appeared the said Edith Farnum and made solemn oath that the foregoing declared by her subscribed is true Before me
Wm. C. Clarke
Judge of Probate

The State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss.
I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid, do here by certify, that William C. Clarke is an acting Judge of Probate of Wills and granting letters of Administration in the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 9th day of September A.D. 1857. and according to the Constitution of this State, has a series of years yet to run. That said Court of Probate is a Court of unlimited jurisdiction in the Probate of Wills and granting letters of Administration, having a Clerk or Register and seal, being a Court of Record, and that the signature of the said William C. Clarke to the paper hereto annexed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this Court, this 25th day of August A.D. 1854.
Perley Dodge Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
3444
P. O.
Edith Fannu
Service: wid. of Joseph
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Additional testimony To Application No 109,054, - Edith Farnam
FREE
109054 Edith Farnam
Boyn
Gen L. Miles Com. of Prison
Prison Office D. C.

5 36.657
} New Orleans

I Sophia Jones of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire aged fiftyseven years, depose and say, That I lived in the family of Lieut. Joseph Farnum of Mount Vernon in said County of Hillsborough, three years during the lifetime of the said Farnum, That I have frequently during my stay there heard the said Farnum talk over his service while in the Revolutionary war, with Henry Grewell and others, telling the hardships he endured, in his services as a private and an Officer, that he endured hunger and cold, that his first service was as a Private, and about the expiration of that term of service, he received a commission as Lieutenant, that he was out twice that I recollect of as Lieutenant, as he said, once he started and before he arrived at the place of destination they received orders that they returned, That I do not distinctly recollect all the Officers that he said he was under, but I do recollect the name of General Stark, that he was under, at Bennington Battle
Sophia Jones
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County ss. Subscribed and sworn to this day Before me Nathaniel Buel Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within deponent, Sophia Jones, and have been for many years that she is a woman of unblemished character, and is a creditable witness
Nathaniel Breen Justice of the Peace

I Alonzo Francis of Mont Vernon in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire of lawful age testify and say, That I hold the Office of Town Clerk for said town of Mont Vernon for the present year, being the political year of one thousand eight hundred & fifty four; That I have examined the records of said town of Mont Vernon to ascertain if there was a record of the marriage of Joseph Farnum to Edith Smith, and I am fully satisfied that there is no record thereof upon any of the Books of Record belonging to said town of Mont Vernon. Alonzo Francis
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss July 27, 1854. Subscribed and sworn to this day. Before me
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace Thereby certify that the word (record) inserted in the above affidavit was done before it was signed. Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace

I Rebecca Codman of Mont- Vernon in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged seventy six years, depose and say, that that I am acquainted with Edith Farnum widow of Lieut. Joseph Farnum, that I was present at the marriage of the said Edith, that she was married to the said Joseph Farnum on or about the last days of March one Thousand eight hund- red and twenty, by Rev. Mr. Chace at said Mont-Vernon; that I was present at the marriage in company with Emma Langdill & wife; that the said Joseph Farnum died about four years after his marriage to Edith Smith, that the said Edith has not again married, but continues the widow of the said Joseph Farnum. Rebecca Codman
State of New Hampshire, Hillsborough ss August 5, 1854. Subscribed and sworn
to before me, & I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness
William Bruce Justice of the Peace

I Rebekah Langdell of Mont- Vernon in the county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire, of lawful age depose and say, that I am the wife of Ezra Langdell of said Mont Vernon, That she was acquainted with Lieut. Joseph Farnum, during his lifetime, of said town, that I was present, in company with my said husband and Rebecca Godman when the said Joseph Farnum was married to Edith Smith, by Mr. Cheever a Minister of said Mont Vernon, in the Spring of one thousand eight hundred and twenty; and that the said Joseph Farnum died in about four years after his marriage aforesaid and the said Edith, his widow, has not again married but continues his widow, That I have heard the said Joseph Farnum tell of his Revolutionary services and I recollect of his speaking of being under General Stark in particular.
Rebekah L Langdell
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. July 29. 1854. subscribed and sworn to. Before me Nathaniel Brann, Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Mrs. Rebekah Langdell the foregoing Deponent is personally known to me as a woman sustaining a good Reputation for truth & is a credible witness.
Nathaniel Bruce, Justice of the Peace

I Ezra Langdell of Mont Vernon in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged sixty nine years depose and say; That I was well acquainted with Lieutenant Joseph Farnam in his lifetime, he lived near where we  lived for several years and I often heard him relate his Revolutionary services, but the particular periods of time I do not now recollect; That he stated that he would have been entitled to a pension under the Act passed prior to eighteen hundred and twenty, if he had been wasteful, and had not accumulated property enough to exclude him; That he was out in the service as a private and Lieutenant more than once; That I recollect of his stating of being under General Stark at Bensen's; That he was married to Edith Smith by Rev. Mr. Cheever a minister of the gospel in Mont Vernon in the spring of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty and that I was present at the marriage aforesaid; and my

wife and Rebecca Cadman were also present at said marriage, That the said Joseph Farnam died the fore part of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty four leaving the said Edith his widow, that she has not again married but continues his widow still. That said deponent further says that the town of Mont Vernon was set off and formed from a part of Amherst about the year one thousand eight hundred and three; That the aforesaid Joseph Farnam deceased, left a property worth two thousand dollars or more & was ever considered as a man of property from my first knowledge of him, which was when I was a boy.
Esra Langdell
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. July 29. 1854
Subscribed and sworn to before me, Nathaniel Brune Justice of Peace. I hereby certify that the above deponent is a credible witness and that the word (lived) was interlined before signing. Nathaniel Brune Justice of the Peace

I James T. Trewitt of Mont- -Vernon County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire aged sixty  seventy years dispose and see that I was well acquainted with Joseph Farnum late of Mont Vernon, deceased; from my earliest years to the time of his death, That I have always lived in the same neighborhood & frequently have heard the said Joseph Farnum & my father talk over their Revolutionary services while together in the service under General Stark at the battle at Bennington, I recollect of the said Farnum telling of being out one campaign before he was appointed Lieutenant and I think two periods as Lieutenant, that he was an officer when at Bennington aforesaid, That he died at said Mont Vernon in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four or five. leaving a widow, Edith Farnum, who has not again married but continues his widow. My father's name was Henry Trewitt; That he went to Ohio a number of years ago, and died at Columbus Ohio

in the Spring of One Thousand eight hundred and fifty; That the said Henry Trevett, my father, drew a pension the latter part of his life under the Act of 1832.
James T. Trevett
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County ss.
Subscribed and sworn to, by the above named James T. Trevett, this fifth day of August 1854.
Before me,
Nathaniel Bruce, Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify the words interlined in the second line of the foregoing deposition, to wit, (County of Hills- borough & State of New Hampshire) was before signing - and that said deponent is a credible witness, with whom I am well acquainted. Nathaniel Bruce, Justice of the Peace.

I Mark D. Perkins of Mont Vernon in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged sixty nine years depose and say, that I was born in that part of Antrim that is now the aforesaid Mont Vernon, and have resided there ever since, that I was acquainted with Lieutenant Joseph Farnum a revolutionary soldier, who resided in said Mont Vernon until his death, That he died in said Mont Vernon in the spring of one thousand eight hundred and twenty four or five, leaving a widow, Edith Farnum who has not again married, but continues his widow, That I have heard the said Farnum talk over his revolutionary services with my father, Joseph Perkins, who was a Pensioner under the Act of 1818 (if that was the first Pension Act giving a pension to those who were out nine months.) said Farnum stated he was out one season as a private and after- wards as an officer two or three times; that he would have been entitled to a pension , if he had not that amount of property which excluded him, and I have heard my father & others make the same statement and more.

heard it doubted by any one, That I do not distinctly recollect the names of any of the officers which he was under except General Stark. That the aforesaid Mount Vernon was formerly a part of Amherst Prior to one Thousand eight hundred and three.
Mark D Perkins
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County ss August 5. 1854 Subscribed and sworn to this day
Before me,
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that the above deponent is a credible witness, personally known to me, and I also certify that the words (to those) interlined in the foregoing deposition was done before signing
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
I, Riley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Bruce whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified : that his commission is dated on the 25th day of June A. D. 1850 , and will expire in five years from that date ; that all his official acts as such are enti- tled to full faith and credit ; and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this 25th day of August A. D. 1854.
Riley Dodge CLERK.

Deposition of R. Ladman

No 4994
Edith Farnham wid: of Joseph N.H.
1854/3 S.A. to V. Bruce Sept. 1 C. Richardson 1856/2 Mar 20
Alb 53

Mount Vernon N.H.
August 28 - 1854
Hon. Commission of Pensions
I herewith send the application of Edith Farnham for a pension who was the widow of Joseph Farnham who was a Revolutionary soldier and officer. The certificate when issued you will please send to me. Or if more testimony or any explanation in reference to her claim, address the Secretary.
Nathaniel Bruce, Mount Vernon, N.H. agent for Edith Farnham.

State of New Hampshire, Secretary of State's Office.
I do hereby certify That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Joseph Farnham is borne upon "A Roll of Capt. James Shephard's Company in the Northern Army in the Continental Service as mustered & paid by Timothy Walker Junn. Mustermaster & Paymaster of said company" with an allowance for, "advance wages & bounty" of £ 9.18. ; Billeting .0. 5 ; Sum Total £ 10. 3. 0
At the bottom of the foregoing roll is the following; — "Colony of New Hampshire July 2. 1776 "Having been appointed by the Council " & assembly of said Colony Mustermaster & paymaster " of the County of first month's wages & billeting of the " above mentioned company I have mustered them " & found them able bodied effective men & well " accoutred and have paid them as entered " above " Timothy Walker Junr."
And the name of Joseph Farnham is borne upon a "Pay Roll of Capt. Nathan Ballards Com- pany, raised out of Col. Nichols' Regiment

of Militia which company marched from Amherst & Milton for Ticonderoga on the alarm June 29th, 1777. Marched first to Co. four where they were ordered home & marched as far as Dublin where they were ordered by express to turn & march with all speed for Ticonderoga marched as far as Otter Creek where we had news of the Evacuation of the Fort. Engaged June 29th. and discharged July 12th, 1777. Rank, Lieut.; Time in service 14 days
And upon an "Account of Rations due to the several officers in Col. Moses Nichols Regiment of New Hampshire Militia in Genl. Stark's Brigade from 18th July to the 27 September 1777" is borne the name of Joseph Farnum as Lieut. - No. of rations per day, 2; No. of days 71; No. of Rations, 142; No. of Rations received 86; No. of rations due, 86; Amount $ 2, 17. 4
And upon a "Pay Roll of Captain John Bradfords company in Col. Moses Nichols Regt. raised to reinforce the Northern army July 19th 1777" is borne the name of Joseph Farnum as 2nd Lt. - Time of discharge Sept. 27; Time in service 2, month 9 days.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 11th day of July 1854.
John L. Headley Secretary of State

J. Munt Esq. Commissioner of Police

Mount Vernon N.H. June 25, 1856 Hon. Commissioners of Pensions.
I herewith send additional Testimony to prove the identity of Joseph Furnham as the man whose services is proved from the papers from the Secretary of New Hampshire, in case, No 109,054, application by Edith Furnham for Bounty Land. I am fully satisfied in my own mind that the case is a valid and true one, therefore I hope you will review the whole case & compare the Commission with the service, and the other testimony in the case and I think you cannot come to any other conclusion than that the late husband of the said Edith Furnham is the one who performed the service as certified by the Secretary of State of New Hampshire. Were it not impossible to prove his services by living witnesses, by those who were out with him, I would not produce so much secondary testimony. Twenty years ago I could have produced every proof of his services as set forth, by living witnesses; but they are all gone & their testimony cannot be had.
From your Invariable servant
Nathaniel Bruce

Deposition of Joseph L. Lewis

I Joseph Frow of Mont Vernon in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire aged Eighty Eight years, dispose and say, that when in my sixteenth year I came into that part of Amherst which is now Mont Vernon, and have resided there ever since. It was the year that the Revolutionary war closed that I came, but after peace was declared; that I soon became acquainted with (Lieutenant Joseph Farnham, as he was then called, a title which he had gained in the Revolutionary war as was said, and I never heard it doubted by any one; that he was distinguished by the above title as long as he lived; that after the death of his first wife, he married one Edith Smith of this place, who is now living in said town of Mont Vernon; that she has not again married but continues the widow of the above named Joseph Farnham Joseph Frow
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County ss. April 26, 1856 Subscribed and sworn to this day.
Before me, Nathaniel Brune Justice of the Peace. I hereby certify, that I have been acquainted

with Joseph Know the foregoing deponent for more than fifty years, and have known him to possess a good moral character, and ever has been, and is now a creditable witness. Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace

I Ezekiel Winton of Mont-Vernon in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire, aged Eighty years, depose and say that I have lived in said Town of Mont-Vernon, and that part of Amherst which is now Mont-Vernon, from my birth, was well acquainted with Joseph Farnam who reputed to have been a Revolutionary soldier, having held a Lieutenants commission during said service. I have conversed with him in his lifetime upon his service & especially do I recollect his account of service at the battle of Bennington. It has always been reported that he was a Revolutionary soldier and I never heard it doubted by any one. He died in said Mont-Vernon about thirty years ago, leaving a widow, Edith Farnam who has not again married, but still con-

tinues his widow and resides in said Mont Vernon. The said Joseph Farrar bore the title of Lieutenant as long as I can remember,
Ezekiel Upton
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County } ss
May 29 - 1856 Personall appeared the above named Ezekiel Upton and made oath that the above disposition by him subscribed is true, Before me
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that the above deponent is known to me as a person of undoubted veracity, a credible witness.
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace

THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ss.
Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
for said County.
June 23. 1856.
I hereby Certify, that at the date of the attestation hereto
annexed,
Nathaniel Duce was a Justice of the Peace within and for said County
in the said State, duly commissioned and constituted, and to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, both in and out of Court, and that I believe the signature of said Justice to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, at the date above written.
Riley Doyen Clerk

Deposition of Ranald Milton

Amherst N.H. March 15 th /56
David P. Perkins Esq.
Dear Sir, Will you take the trouble to examine into the claim of Edith Farnum of Mont Vernon for a pension under the act of Feb. 7, 3 d 1853 she is the widow of Joseph Farnum and her application was filed probably in 1853 ~ by Nathaniel Bruce Esq. - Not having been originally in the case I am not posted up in it, I would be glad to learn of the state of the claim & of what more need be is requisite to be done in the case in order to make it out - was he a Lieut.

and is his Joseph Farnums Commission on file with the papers.
Our Election has passed and you know the result. We could have wished it had gone a little different, but after all it is - a great victory to reduce them as we did. We have contested the ground inch by inch - and the Democrats have gained in Amherst 41 votes since last year - We can lick them next fall for a certainty - If there are no new issues coming into the canvass -
Truly Yours,
Charles Richardson

A.B. I have a power of Attorney from the Widow, C.R.